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"Over 10 years in the making, American National Biography is a fascinating study of the people who have shaped the United States. Why replace the Dictionary of American Biography instead of merely updating it through supplements? Because the editors include new scholarship and people who were missed in the original, especially women and ethnic minorities. Numbering 24 volumes and containing 17,500 entries, the work offers readable, informative, and critical biographies for each subject, the location of their papers (if they exist), and selective bibliographies. Excellent indexes--subject, contributor, place of birth, and occupation--enhance use. This is an outstanding set that will be heavily consulted for many years to come."--"Outstanding reference sources 2000", American Libraries, May 2000. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.Read more...

"Conceived as the successor to the Dictionary of American biography, first published between 1926 and 1937"--Vol. 1, p. xvii."Published under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies."

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Examines the career of Belgian landscape architect Jean Canneel-Claes (1909-1989), establishing his place in the modernist movement. This title examines the social context and the aesthetic and theoretical influences that shaped Canneel's work.Read more...

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"An original work that sheds light on the overlooked modernist Belgian scene, focusing on the work of the remarkable garden architect Jean Canneel-Claes. Thanks to Dorothee Imbert's solid new interpretation and the exciting visual materials found in the archives, the genealogy of modernist landscape in Europe is significantly clarified." - Jean-Louis Cohen, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University"Read more...

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